Wire-fence machine.



Patented Mar. 4, 1902. N0. 694,768. I

H. MARTIN.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

(Application med Nov. 27, 1901."

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PATENT' OFFICE.

OHIO, AssIeNon To n. L. NIELsEN.

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 694,768, dated March 4, 1902.

Application filed November 27, 1901. Serial No. 83,841. CN o model.)

To all whom t 11i/ty concern: v

Be it known that I, HERMAN MARTIN, a'citizen of the United States,residing at Vermilion, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Fence Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which ity appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the iigures of reference marked View of a fence in course of construction with my machine. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing the crimping-tool used in crimping the line-l wires. Fig. 3 is a perspective view'of the bending and twisting tool for interlocking the stay and line wires. Fig. 4 is a view of 'a clamping device to hold the lower end of the stay, and Fig. 5 is a view of a peg to support the wires while they are being twisted together.

The line-wires are indicated at 6 and the crossfwires or stays at 7. At 8 is indicated a post, having therein a series of holes 9, which are spaced apart the distance at which the line-wires are desired to be held. At or near the top of the post a cross-piece 10 is slidably secured by a clip l1, permitting the cross-piece to move up or down on the post, according to the height of the top wire of the fence, to which the cross-piece is hung by hooks 12. The foot oi' the post rests on the groun'd,and it is thus supported vertically beside the line-wires at the place where the stay is to be located. As each stay is secured the post is moved along the line-wires to a new position,as will be understood. At the bottom of the post is ixed a clamp to hold the lower end of the stay, consisting of a pin 13, having alongitudinal threaded bore to receive an eyebolt la and a lateral perforation l5,

and where it may be clamped by the end of the bolt. Any othersuitable form of clamp would do as well. The peg 16 is stuck in one vof the holes 9 and forms'a support for the wires while they are being twisted together.

at 17, having two studs 18 projecting therefrom. The line-wires are caught between the studs and crimped by turning the tool in an obvious manner.

The bending and twisting tool for the stay comprises a handle 19, at one end of which is an odset shank 2O and body 2l, having a longitudinal bore or passage 22 therethrough anda lug 23 projecting at the side of the body. At the other end ofthe handle is a laterally-extending portion 24:, which serves to give leverage in twisting the wire, the lng 2i assisting as a f ulcrumagainst the line-wire.

In operation the line-wires are first stretched and fastened. The post 8 is placed beside the wires and hung to the top wire by the hooks l2. The line-wires are then crimped by the crimping-tool, as shown and described. A stay-wire is then inserted through the bore 22 of the bending and twisting tool, and the lower end of the wire is clamped in the device at the bottom of the post. The peg 16 is stuck in the lowest hole in the post, with the lowest line-wire resting thereon. The stay-Wire is then brought up against the peg and bent around the linewire by means of the bending and twisting tool engaging said wire at the crimp previously formed therein, as shown in Fig. l. At the same-time the stay-wire is twisted by the tool and brought up in front to a vertical position, forming a kink, which interlocks with the crimp of the line-wire. The peg is then moved up another hole and the operation repeated. When the stay is interlocked with all the intersecting y line-wires, itmay be bent into an eye at the top or left extending, as desired. It is then u nclamped at the bottom and the post moved along to the place of the next stay. Y By means of the machine thus described a strong and light fence may be rapidly formed.

The stay is woven on from a straight piece of into which the end of the stay-wire is placed @The crimper for theVline-wires is indicated IOO machine comprising a handle, an oset shank and tubular body at one end thereof, said body having a lug projecting therefrom, and a lata I 5 orally-extending portion at the other end of the handle.

In testimony whereof I affix lmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERMAN MARTIN Witnesses:

H. R. WILLIAMS, R. F. QUIGDEY. 

